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Show B4 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday, April 27, 1997 S.L. Looks To Denver For Blueprint @ Continued from B-1 ANGEL F. Angel, 11, is bright, personable and likes arts, crafts and Nintendo. She wants to go to college combusted. The bottom fell out of the real-estate market. Nearly 20 blocks of Denver’s lower downtown, 200 historic buildings — meatpackingplants, refrigerated warehouses, mattress factories and oil-company offices — were boarded up. “There was a tremendouscollection of historic buildings that represented the commercial and has manyaspirations for her- self. Due to her mother’s abandonment, Angel tends to exagger- ate stories of herself to others. However, Angel maintains relationships easily and goes to weekly therapy to deal with herissues. A two-parent family wouldbeideal for Angel. JOSEPH 8. background of a city,” says 65- year-old Denver developer Dana Crawford. “And it was industrial, Joseph, 15, a ninth-grader,is inquisitive, likes all sports and the fish in his fish tank. He does well vacant, vagrant andforgotten.” With nothing to lose, city lead- in school despite learning disabil- ers and developers combined ef- ities. Joseph has juvenile diabe- forts in a massive redevelopment tes, which needs ongoing atten- campaign designed to reclaim Rebecca Walsh/The Salt Lake Tribune Denver's past and meshthat his- tory with the city’s future. After years of meetings, haggling about property rights vs. Denverrevitalized its lower downtowndistrict, which is home to Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, above, 10 years ago. Salt Lake hopesto pattern its Gateway after Denver's success. aesthetics and figuring out ways to pay for redevelopment, Denver convince anyone to invest down first comprehensive change for Starting with $300,000 in Community Development Block Grant leaders approved a downtownarea plan in 1986. The plan, the the city’s downtown since the 1920s, called for new amenities here.” So the city stepped in. tects left the city, Zeppelin converted the bookstore into the funky City Spirit Cafe. A casualty of the oil bust, laid- funds from the U.S. Department off geologist John Hickenlooper built the first brew-pub in the In- such as waterways, restaurants of Housing and Urban Development, Denver started loaning The nextyear, thecity declared moneyto a handfulof plucky de- termountain West using a city loan. He opened the Wynkoop and entertainment. Lodo (lower downtown)a historic district and passed a law that would limit demolition and require design review for all reno- vation and construction in the area. Reai estate was cheap and plen- tiful, but banks werenotwilling to lend their cash to the venture. ‘Twenty yearsearlier, Crawford had revived a cluster of historic buildings on Larimer Street to create Larimer Square, an eclectic enclave with boutiques, coffee shops andrestaurants on the outskirts of lower downtown. Butthis time, funding wasscarce. “There were more bank examiners than bankers,” Crawford says. “Things werebad. I couldn't velopers willing to take a chance on lower downtown. “People who thought that area had the future it obviously did were hard tofind,” says William Lysaught, Denver city’s deputy director for small-business development. “Blue-chip investors had no interest. Banks were unwilling to lend. The pioneers really caused things to happen.” Mickey Zeppelin, a 60-year-old lawyer-turned-developer, was the first. He turned his 80-year-old meatpacking plant into a bookstore that specialized in architec- ture books with offices above in 1983. Three years later, when Denver's construction market imploded and nearly 2,000 archi- Pay es AngelF. JosephS. tion. He takes medication for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Joseph stays out of trouble, but due to emotional neglect, he tends to feel worthless and blames himself for many things. He is looking forward to becoming a memberof a family. To adopt one of these children or others, contact the Rocky Mountain Adoption Exchange, 610 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, or call 359-7700. Financialassistanceis available. Utah Rivers Council patagonia Gear Swap Brewing Co., a billiards club and lofts in 1988 and moved onto renovate historic homes for a bookstore, two other brew-pubs and 92 affordable apartments in surrounding buildings. In 1983, Crawford reopened Saturday, May 3, §am-4 pm the declining but historic Oxford Hoteljust up the street from Den- Check-in: Friday, May 2, 4 pm - 8 pm Buyorsell: kayaks, canoes,rafts, fly-fishing gear and anyotherriver goods! ver’s Union Station. Six yearslat- er, in 1989, she sold thefirstlofts in the city’s lower downtown. The next year, Denverleaders selected Lodo — so dubbed by a Denver Post columnist — as the location for CoorsField, the Colorado Rockies’ major-league baseball stadium. Shoppers: $5 admission fee Vendors: $5 registrationfee for boats $3forall other gear Admission,registration fees and 15% of all sales go to support the Utah Rivers Council. 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